Combination home-route card and empty-car waybill



J. E. ROBERTS. COMBINATION HOME ROUTE CARD ANOEMPTY CAR wAYBlLL.

. APPLICATiON FILED APR. 20, 1921. 1,404,321.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922..

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. ROBERTS, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION HOME-ROUTE CARD AND EMPTY-CAR WAYBILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1922.

Application led April 20, 1921 Serial No. 462,892.

To aZZ fic/0m it may] concern.' Y

Be it known that I, JoHN E. Roenrrrs. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of' Albany, in the county ot VAlbany and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Combination Home Route Cards and Empty Car Vaybills, of which the following is a specication. j

My invention relates to a combined home route card and empty car waybill, adapted for recording the status or" all loaded forei n and private line cars received.

Ieretofore separate cards have been employed for keeping the record ot the movement of empty cars and the home route rights of such cars. It is the object of my invention to so combine these records that the subject matter will appear on one card and the relationship of one part of the subject matter to the other is apparent and needs no further amplification.

Two ydistinct objects are accomplished by the'use ofmy improved recording card, the first of which is to indicate the connecting railroad Vfrom which the car was received andthe second, for providing the necessary information for its empty'movement.

The invention consists of a card provided with printed matter and'with blank spaces for the insertion of further record,v so arranged as to indicate at any time the status and rights of the car to which the record appertains.

Themanner in which my improved record card is used will be made more apparent in the accompanying specification and drawings, in which the figure shows a plan view of a card arranged in accordance with my invention.

At the head of the card. there is provided a section 10 with spaces for the insertion of data relativey to the car and by which the car may be identified. This section has a blank space 11 for the initials ofthe car.y space 12 forthe car number and a space 13 for an linsertion indicating the kind of car.

Immediately below this there is provided,

a section 14 which is divided into one, two, three or more sub-sections 15, the number beingdependent on the circumstances prevalent on the railroad using this card. The section 14 is termed the empty car waybill and. is used for recording information necessary n the movement of an empty car from station to station.

On sub-section 15 is provided a number of blank spaces in which certain required information is adapted to be inserted. In space 16 is inserted the station to which the empty car is destined, in space 17 the order number, in space 18 the weight 'for engine rate, in space 19 the station from which the empty car was billed7 in space 20 the name of the agent or yardmaster issuing the card and in. space 21 the date of' its issuance.

A third section 22 is provided which contains printed matter listing the more important junction points such as indicated by the numeral 23. These junction points are arranged in a column and immediately adjacent each junction point, such as indicated at 24, there is indicated the connecting railroads through which connection is made with this particular junction point. This list of the connecting railroads are also arranged in a column. A column of blank spaces 25 are disposed adjacent the column of connecting railroads and provided with a'v heading Date In this column headed Date and opposite the junction and proper connecting railroad is to be inserted the date a car.l was received, which information is necessary to indicate the junction point and road via which the car has rights for movement en route home to the owning road.

A number of blank spaces 26 may be provided at the base of the three columns just described in order to provide space for the insertion of the name of the junction point, railroad received from and date in case the list of junction points and connecting railroads does not include suchV junction point and connecting railroad.

The printed matter described which shows the junction points and connecting railroads are in each instance arranged in accordance with the particular railroad using the car. It is obvious that this portion ofthe card will be different and peculiar to the system or" they particular road using the card. On receipt of a car under load from a connecting line, the identification section 10 of the card is filled out by inserting in the proper places the car initials, number, kind and class of car. In the home route section 22 in the proper space opposite the junction at which the car was received and the road from which the car was received, the date of receipt is entered. The card is then attached to the revenue waybill and travels 'with it to the destination or junction point if the car is for delivery to a connecting railroad. If the car is destined for unloading at a point on the road using the car, this card is filed. and the information shown thereon used as a basis for disposing of the car, either loaded or empty ink accordance with the Car Service Rules and Practices.- In the event thatrthe car is Vre-loaded, the card serving in the capacity of a home route card only, is attached to the new billing and travelsavith it to its knewdestination.

When it is desired to'move the car empty toV any point, the lirst section l5 of the empty car waybill is properly illed out, thereby indicating the station to which the car is destined, `order number, weight for engine rating, station billed from, agent or yardinaster issuing card and the date oi its issuance. The car may, therefore, be forwarded without. the necessity of issuing a separate empty car waybill' to cover its movement. i the car is later re-loaded the agent loading'the' same is held responsible for cancelling the used section of the empty car waybill which had be'enpreviously filled out to cover its movement while empty to his station. c

vlllhen the car is loaded and destined to a point'on another railroad the 'combination home route card and empty car waybill is separated from thel revenue waybill at the junction point where delivery is made to the connecting railroad and filed, pending probable return ofY the car.Y It the car is ultimatelyreturncd loaded, itis then matched yup with the lbilling and-securely attached to Vit and travels with the car to its new destina-V tion or junctioiipoint. .It however, the' car is returned empty, Ythe proper spaces are filled out'in the neXtsub-section 15 of the empty car waybill section from information obtained from a home route section .22 and lthe car becomes immediately available for movement'.

.Consequentlyfit will be seen that a car while travelling on the railroad issuing this record card is accompanied by the same iiponeither an empty. or loaded movement.

Ii the car is delivered to a connecting line other than the one it was originally received from, it is handledas previously explained. The issuance of a particular card identilied with/and used as a record for aparticulai' car, not having ceased to exist until the car Y originally received.

is returned to the road from which it was When, however, such delivery has been accomplished the card is liiled at the delivering junction point or lorwardedy tol the General vCar Service VOiiice where may .beexamined to ascertain that thecar has been eiiiciently andv properly Gar Service Rules. l

y handled and' in full accord with the existing handling of this necessary record at all points,thereby effecting a decided'saving of timejlabor and expense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A recordcard for recording home route rights and empty carmovements 'of railway cars provided with an appropriately designated identiiication section, anv appropriately` designated empty car waybi'll section divided into a multiplicity of sub-seci tions in combination with a home route section,in which are listed the principal junction points and connecting railroads, ofthe home route, whereby the emptylcar waybill data and home route'rights of 1a lcar will be simultaneously apparent; A y

2. A record card for recording the empty car movements and home route" rights of railway cars," provided withV anidentiication section containing blank spaces for data bywhich Va car may be identified', an appropriately ydesi,f fnated .empty Y car waybill section immediately thereunder, pro

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vided with afmultiplicity of 'sub-sections, Y

each 'subnsectionhaving blank spaces for insertion oi thestation to which thefenipty caris billed, the order number, its weight for engine rating, station billedi'rom, signature of agent, and date oit' its movement and Y a'home route section upon which areV listed in a column the junction points of" the home route, adjacent each junction thelines connecting said junctions, and a'column Yof blank 'spaces adjacent the column of lines for the insertion of the date va car isjreceived, all substantially fas and for thepurpose described. y i

3. A record card ofthe class described provided with an appropriately designated section for the insertion of identification data, an appropriately designated section forv the insertion of data indicating the empty movements of 'a-car, in combination with an appropriately designated section in which may `be indicated the homeY route rightsrof the car, said sections being permanently associated so that empty car move- 

